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Aging process implies challenges for the elderly, specifically related to degeneration in the vascular system. Elderly living with hypertension considers to undergo ongoing treatment to prevent severe brain, heart and kidney damage. Hypertension is getting harder to control if the patients unaware with the factors that outweigh blood pressure control. This study aims to assess the most common predictors of uncontrolled blood pressure, which involved elders with hypertension. The method used is a Literature Review obtained from databases of Scopus, Science Direct, PMC, and SAGE. The result revealed that the most common predictor that modifiable is obesity, whereas unmodifiable factors are age and comorbid. It is indicated that the require intervention for hypertensive elder is focused on body weight and comorbid management. This literature review result is beneficial for the elderly of knowing the needs of lifestyle changes and nurse also easier to determine the appropriate intervention to achieve blood pressure control among elders. INDEX TERMS Predictor, uncontrolled, blood pressure, hypertension, elder.

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The Covid-19 outbreak induced worldwide disruption that required nurse responsibility to maintain professional nursing care during the viral infection. As healthcare workers, nurses experience stressful situations that are difficult to deal with. This article aimed to analyze the predictors of burnout among nurses in Asia. This article is a literature review that assessed the articles from databases of Scopus, Science Direct and Pubmed determined from 2020 until 2022 with English language approved. Nine articles are included in this review after meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria are the population was nurses in Asia with outcome was predictors of nurse burnout, and the study design was quantitative. The exclusion criteria are the outer Asia region of nurses with outcome predictors of other mental disorders, with a study design of qualitative or review. The predictors of burnout among nurses in Asia during the Covid-19 outbreak were individual and work-related factors. Individual factors are divided into demographic and psychological factors, whereas work-related factors are divided into nurse-job-related factors and nurse-patient-related factors. The nurses must continuously learn how to face the internal and external factors that may trigger nurse burnout, specifically in critical periods.